Name of creator(s): Haverfordwest Poor Law Union; Pembrokeshire County Council. Public Assistance Committee

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history: Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, parishes formed unions; each union supported a workhouse. The Poor Law union were administered by Boards of Guardians and (latterly) the Guardians Committee of the Public Assistance Committee of Pembrokeshire County Council. The Board of Guardians were elected by local landowners and rate-payers. Haverfordwest Poor Law Union was formed in 1837, with 63 constituent parishes in Pembrokeshire; its workhouse was built 1837-1839 in Haverfordwest. After the Local Government Act 1929, unions were abolished and their duties transferred to County Councils.

Conditions governing access: Closure of 100 years for any records containing medical and personal details.

Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply

Finding aids: A hard copy of the catalogue is available at Pembrokeshire Record Office.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained

Accruals: Accruals are not expected

Archival history: Records of the Haverfordwest Union were transferred to Pembrokeshire County Council, and then from the Welfare Department and County Architect to Modern Records.

Immediate source of acquisition: Transferred from Modern Records in 1980.

ALLIED MATERIALS

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some records post-date the existence of the Haverfordwest Poor Law Union.

Archivist's note: Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Pembrokeshire Record Office, Haverfordwest Poor Law Union, catalogue; Oxford University website (users.ox.ac.uk), viewed 13 May 2005.

Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2, and LCSH